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86th Illinois 

Volunteer Infantry 



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Proceedings of the Reunion held at Peoria, III, 



AUGUST 27, 1887. 



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J. W. FKANKS & SONS, 

PRINTERS, BINDERS AND PUBLISHERS, 
PEORIA. ILLINOIS. 



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PREFACE. 



Some time previous to the last anniversary of the 86th Illinois Infantry 
a very few of the survivors met and consulted in regard to the necessity of 
making a call for a reunion. The question was decided in the affirmative, 
and accordingly a circular making the call was issued and a programme 
prepared and sent to every comrade as far as known. The result was a 
happy reunion on the 27th day of August, 1887, and a happy greeting to 
everyone present. An organization was affected and the proceedings are 
sxibmitted in this little book. 

In presenting this little work to the survivors of the 86th Eegiment it 
is hoped it will be higlily prized by every comrade and preserved as a 
souvenir, and be a reminder of the good time coming on the 27th day of 
August, 1888, which it is hoped, in point of number, will exceed 1887. It is 
desired that a copy be placed in the hand of every comrade, now living, who 
was in any way connected with the 86th Illinois Infantry and has an honor- 
able discharge from the same. 

We are not able to give the death roll in full, but hope to obtain by the 
next reunion the names of all who have died since the war, and give date 
when and where they died. It is asked of every survivor that he assist in 
procuring the name and residence of all living, also the name and place 
where all have died since mustered out of service. 

John McGinnis, 
Secretary. 



CALL FOR REUNION. 



Peoria, 111., June 27, 1887. 
To the Comrades of the 86th Reg. III. Vol. Inft. : 

At the request of a number of the old comrades of the 86th regiment, 
an informal meeting was held at the National Hotel in this city, on June 
25th, to consider the propriety of holding a reunion on Aug. 27, 1887, it being 
the 25th anniversary of the mustering in of the regiment in 1862. 

At said meeting, those whose names are appended to this call, were 
either present or responded by letter, requesting that svich a reunion be 
held. 

The following resolutions were offered and unanimously passed; 

Resolved: That it is the sense of this meeting that a reunion of the 86th 
Regiment Illinois Volunteers be held on Aug. 26 and 27, 1887, at Peoria, 111., 
said reunion being for the purpose of a permanent organization, and for 
perpetuating the memories of the dead, and to keep afresh in the hearts of 
the living the cause for which they served their country during three years 
of the most bloody war ever known. 

Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be signed by those present 
and forwarded to each member of the regiment, and every member of the 
regiment is requested to report at Peoria, not later than 9 a. m. Aug. 26, 
1887, preparatory to holding a business meeting to commence at 11 a. m. 
Aug. 26th, at which time a permanent organization will be effected and 
business transacted, so that the 27th will be free to all members to have a 
good time. The 27th coming on Saturday, and many members wishing to 
return home, it was thought best to arrange as above. 

At said meeting it was moved and seconded that Col. A. L. Fahnestock, 
of Glasford, 111., be elected President, and Rev. X. S. Haynes, of Peoria, 111., 
be elected Secretary, said positions to be held until a permanent organization 
be effected, and permanent ofhcers elected. All correspondence concerning 
the reunions shoflld be addressed to the President or Secretary. 

As the addresses of a great many members of the regiment are unknown 
to the committee, w« will thank any member receiving this notice and 
knowing the addresses of comrades who have moved away, to kindly send 
same to the President or Secretary, so that an invitation to the reunion 
may be sent them. 



EIGHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEEES. O 

It is earnestly hoped that every member will be present, but where it is 
impossible for the members to be present, it is earnestly desired that such 
members will write a letter to the President or Secretary, so that we may 
know how many there are living, and where they reside. 

Col. a. L. Fahnestock, 
Major J. F. Thomas, 
A— Capt. Jo. Major, 

Private N. S. IIaynes, 
D— Capt. Frank Hitchcock, 
F— Capt. J. L. Burkiialter, 
G— Capt. S. L. Zixsek, 

1st Lieut. Martin Kingman, 

SERGEANTS, I Ii;|/(?^^;J,^3^^ 

H— Capt. John H. Hall, 
K— Lieut. John McGixnis. 



PROGRAMME 



for the 25th Anniversary Reunion of the 86th Regiment Illinois Volunteer 
Infantry, Peoria' August 2(ith and 27th, 1887, as sent out by committee. 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2r)TH, 1887. 

2 p. M. — Business Meeting at the G. A. R. Hall. Called to order by 
President Col. A. L. Fahnestock. 

Prayer by the Secretary, Rev. X. S. Haynes. 

Permanent Organization and other Business. 

In the evening there will be a Social Gathering, where all old 
Comrades can meet each other. Particulars to be an- 
nounced in the afternoon. 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH. 

10 A. 31. — Assembling of Regiment at Rouse's Hall. Called to order 

by the President. 
Prayer by the Rev. N. S. Haynes. 
Music by the old Regimental Band. 

11 A. M. — Address by Major J. F. Thomas. 

Music by Regimental Band. 
12:30 P.M. — Dinner in Dining Plall adjoining. 

Recitation by Miss Jones, daughter of Comrade J. J. Jones, 
of Eureka. 



b PROCEEDINGS OF THE REUNION 

toasts: 

1. The S6th's Marches and Battles. By Col. A. L. Fabnes- 

tock. 

2. Captured and Kecaftured. By Capt. J. L. Burkhalter. 

3. Comrades Who Carried the Musket. By Lieut. John 

McGinnis. 

4. The Ludicrous Side. By McKendre McNeal. 

5. Our Flag. By Sergt. M. H. Cloud. 

6. Our Last Battle. By Capt. S. L. Zinser. 

7. Our Fallen Comrades. By Eev. 2> . S. Haynes. 

Responses limited to live minutes. 

Dinner, 50 cents. Souvenir Anniversary Badges, printed in Gold, 25 
cents; with Gold Fringe, 50 cents. These can be supplied to any Member, 
on application, if unable to be present. 

A Collection will be taken to help defray expenses. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Pursuant to call of the Committee, the members of the 86th Kegiment 
Illinois Volunteer Infantry met at the G. A. R. Hall, in Peoria, 111., at 11 
A. M., August 26, 1887, Colonel A. L. Fahnestock presiding. 

On motion of Lieut. Kingman, E. C. Silliman was elected Secretary 
pro tern. Secretary Haines being absent. 

The President appointed the following committee to collect the names 
of members present and report at 2 o'clock p. m. : 

Capt. Jo. Major, J. H. BpaiBAKEK Co. A. 

No Member Present Co. B. 

E. C. Silliman, H. H. Nurs Co. C. 

Capt. Frank Hitchcock, S. D. Love Co. D. 

Henry Hosselton Co. E. 

Capt. J. L. Burkhalter, Lieut. John Hall Co. F. 

Lieut. Kingman, L. S. North Co. (1. 

Capt. .John H. Hall, A. W. Belcher Co. H. 

Col. a. L. Fahnestock Co. I. 

Lieut. John Morrow, Lieut. John McGinnis Co. K. 

Adjourned until 2 p. m. 



2 o'clock, p. m. 

A Committee on Permanent Organization was appointed by the 
President, consisting of Capt. Jo. Major, Capt. J. L. Burkhalter, Lieut. 
Archibald Brocken, Capt. John H. Hall, H. H. Nurs, Lieut. John Morrow, 
George Hall, Lieut. Martin Kingman, Capt. Frank Hitchcock, .James 
Schreffler. 

Committee reported a Constitution and By-Laws, which were adopted 
as follows : 

NAME AND DURATION. 

This Association shall be known as " The Association of the Eighty- 
Sixth Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers," and shall continue so long 
as two members remain to meet together. 



PEOCEEDINGS OF THE REUNION 



OBJECTS. 

The objects of the Association shall be to hold Annual Reunions during 
the existence of the Association ; to keep alive a feeling of fraternity among 
its members ; to obtain and keep a complete roster of the members of the 
regiment, — dead and living,— together with the date and place of the death 
of the dead, and the residence and business of the living. And upon the 
death of any member the same shall be reported to the Secretary of the 
Association, with full particulars, by the member or members residing 
nearest said deceased member, to be entered in full on the records of the 
Association. 

ELIGIBILITY. 

Every honorably discharged member of the 86th Regiment Illinois 
Infantry shall be a member of this Association. 

For the purpose of maintaining the necessary expense of the Associ- 
ation, each member is expected to pay into the treasury the sum of one 
dollar annually. Provided, that if any member shall, by reason of any mis- 
fortune, feel unable to pay the same, his failure to do so shall in no manner 
affect his membership in this Association. 

ELECTION — OFFICERS AND DUTIES. 

The officers of this Association shall be elected annually, and shall con- 
sist of a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an 
Executive Committee of ten members, consisting of one member from each 
company ; such officers shall discharge the duties that usually appertain to 
such offices. 

Committee recommended the election of the following officers for the 
ensuing year : 

President — '^lAson J. F. Tiio^ias. 

Vice-President — Capt. J. L. Burkhalter. 

Secretary — Lieut. John McGinnis. 

Treasurer — Cavt. John H. Hall. 

Executive Committee — Capt. Jo. Major, Lieut. Peter Wykoff, 
H. H. NuRS, Capt. Frank Hitchcock, C, W. McKown, Lieut. Martin 
KiNGJiAN, Capt. John II. Hall, Col. A. L. Fahnestock. 

At the request of Secretary JSIcGrinnis, E. C. Silliman was elected 
Assistant Secretary. 

A vote of thanks was passed to Bryner Post G. A. R. for the use of 
their hall. 

Letters were read from a number of absent comrades, 

L. D. Love moved " That the next Reunion be held at Peoria, on 
August 27, 1888." 

Capt. Hall tendered the regiment a trip on the Fort Clark Street Rail- 
way, at 8 o'clock a.m, Saturday. Invitation accepted. 

Moved to adjourn to Rouse's Hall, at 7:30 p. m., for a social session. 



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The social session in the evening at Eouse's Hall took the form of an 
experience meeting. Lieutenant Martin Kingman related the history of 
the battle-fields of the regiment. John Sabin recited " Lookout Mountain." 
The regimental baud phayed martial airs, the original druinmer, Samuel 
Silzell, of Glasford, who entered the service when onlj' 14 years old, and 
remained on duty all through the war, being one of the number. John 
]\Ic(rinnis, John Sabin and A. W. Belcher sang " Marching through 
Georgia." Kemarks were made by Capt. Hall, Lieut. Zinzer and Dr. 
Robinson. 

SECOND DAY. 

The first thing on the programme Saturday morning was a ride over 
the Fort Clark Horse Railway, by invitation of the President and Superin- 
tendent, Capt. John H. Hall. The trip was taken over the entire line, start- 
ing about 8 o'clock, and the passengers filled five cars, and enjoyed the view 
of the city and the cool morning breezes. 

Music by old Regimental Martial Band. Led by Samuel Silzell and 
James Schreffler. 

The comrades then met at Rouse's Hall. After music by the regimental 
band prayer was offered by the Rev. X. S. Haynes. 

Col. A. L. Fahnestock presented the regiment with the photographs of 
as many of the officers as he had been able to collect. He said he had sent 
all the records, including his private diary, to the Secretary of War. 

Capt. Major thanked the colonel for his present, and on his motion the 
photographs were returned to him to be forwarded to Springfield, and to be 
preserved in Memorial Hall. 

Letters were read from Col. Laughley, of Champaign, S. 13. Haller, of 
Sparland. J. C. Tobias, of Sargeant, Neb., and other absent comrades. 

Col. Fahnestock and Comrades Brubaker and ]Moody were appointed a 
committee to prepare a full roster of the regiment, and send it to Gen. J. C. 
Black, Commissioner of Pensions, in compliance with his request. 

Miss Annie Janvier Jones, daughter of Lieut. 'J. J. Jones, of Co. A, 
recited " Mission Ridge " in a highly impassioned and elTective manner. The 
selection was a magnificent word picture of "The Battle of Mission Ridge." 
At the close of the exercises she was adopted " Daughter of the Regiment " 
by a unanimous rising vote. 

Major Thomas then delivered the following address: 

31r. President, Comrades of the SCth Illinois Infantry : For me to say 
that I am glad, exceedingly glad, to meet you in this reunion, is to give but 
feeble expression to my feelings. The fact is, emotions of gratitude and 
thankfulness well up in my heart to the author of our existence, that, not- 
withstanding the many hardships endured, and the many dangers that we 
have passed through durine the last quarter of a century, and the addi- 
tional fact that many of us have not met for a score of years, I say I am 
gratified beyond measure that so many of the old S6th are permitted to meet 
to-daj', to look each other in the face once more, and to grasp the hand 



10 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE REUNION 

again that was true and loyal in the days when our country stood in need 
of loyal men. And I am glad that we meet in this beautful city, so near 
the spot w'here w'e entered formally upon our line of duty as soldiers of our 
common country. 

Then I am proud of the fact that representatives of the ranli and tile of 
our regiment have chosen me to address you. While I am proud of this 
honor, I can truthfully say that I am sorry they did not select some other 
comrade to talk to you to-day. For I am well aware of the fact that there 
are a score or more of the members of the old regiment who are better 
qualified to entertain and interest you than I am. 

It is just twenty-five years ago to-day, and not far from tins hour, since 
Capt. R. E. Ewing, of the regular army, mustered us into the United States 
service. We were then in camp on the old fair grounds, known to us 
then, and now as "Camp Lyon." Our regiment numbered 923 men, rank 
and file. 

And, fellow-citizens, while I am here^to address my comrades, it is not 
my intention to enter upon any lengthy eulogiums upon the 86th regiment. 
But 1 believe facts will justify me in saying that our regiment compared 
favorably with the other regiments sent to the front by our grand Prairie 
State, in defense of the General Government. And if facts will sustain me 
in this statement, then I might sit down contented, and leave the standing 
of Illinois soldiers, including our ow^n regiment, to the future historian, for 
I say, and that without fear of successful contradiction, that where all the 
loyal States did nobly, and are entitled to lasting honor for their defense of 
the Union, Illinois was not behind any, but was in the very fore-front 
from first to last, not only with the number of men furnished but with their 
intelligence, their reliability and their unflinching bravery. 

In the brief period of time allotted me to-day, it will be impossible for 
me to more than touch upon a few of the leading incidents connected with 
our term of service. 

On the 7th day of September, 1862, the regiment boarded the cars 
bound for the Land of Dixie. It was a bright, lovely Sabbath morning. 
As we marched down through the city the sidewalks, windows- and bal- 
conies were crowded with the friends of the regiment. It Avas a beautiful 
and yet a sad sight, for, among the lookers-on, w^ere our loved ones, and 
while they waved us a silent adieu, the tears would come unbidden; for sol- 
diers and friends realized that, to many, this parting meant a long, a last 
farewell. But, thank God, as I know my comrades do to-day, that in the 
dark days of 18fi?> and ls64, when the loyalty of many faltered, these same 
hands that waved us adieu in this fair city, remained loyal to the country 
and true to the interest and welfare of its defenders. 

jS'o soldier, who went out from the camp in this city, can ever forget 
what the loyal men and noble, true-hearted women of this place did for us 
while we were in the army. And you will permit me, right here, to pay a 
small tribute of gratitude to that noble band of women in Peoria, at whose 
head stood that motherly, queenly woman, Mrs. Brotherson. God bless her 
memory I I do not know of any way by which Peoria County soldiers could 



EIGHTY- SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEEES. 11 

do themselves greater honor than by having a properly-inscribed tablet 
placed upon her tomb. She certainly deserves this much at our hands, for 
all she possibly could do lor us and the flag, she did willingly and cheerfully. 
Who, among the gifted of our land could do more? If the brave, true- 
hearted women of Peoria, of our State and of the country do not enjoy hap- 
piuess here, and if there is not a state of eternal felicity awaiting them in 
the future, it is not and will not be for the want of the prayers of the sol- 
diers of the land. And right now, when so many of these same loyal, lov- 
ing friends, together with the entire population of the city, and all tlie sur- 
rounding country, are bowed down with grief because of the fearful loss of 
life caused by the recent terrible railroad accident, I want to extend to 
them, one and all, the heartfelt sympathy and condolence of this band 
of mature-thinking veteran soldiers, and to assui*e them, were it possible, 
we would lift the load of grief from their stricken hearts. But that is be- 
yond the power of man; we can only offer them words of loving sympathv. 
and commend to the only true source of comfort. 

And now to take up the thread of address in reference to our regiment. 
It will be remembered that, together with the 85th Illinois, we arrived at 
Jeffersonville, Indiana, September 9th, and went into camp on the north 
bank of the Ohio river, opposite the City of Louisville, Ky., our camp being 
known as Camp Joe. Holt. It was while in this camp that we commenced 
our soldier's life in the way of camping in tents, and here began that ever- 
lasting drill, which is so fatiguing and yet so essential to the efficiency of an 
army. On the 14th of September we crossed the Ohio river, and on the I5th 
we were brigaded with the 85th and 125th Illinois and the 52d Ohio. Colonel 
Dan. McCook, of tlie 52d, being placed in command of the new brigade. I 
have enjoyed many hearty laughs when thinking over our experience the 
first night we w'ere placed on picket, and of the barrel of sweet potatoes 
that Lieut. Beebe and I bought the following morning, and got nicely roast- 
ing, when the order came for the reconnaisance on the Bardstown Road. 
I am provoked yet that we had to leave bt^fore those potatoes were roasted. 

Then when I think of the review in the streets of Louisville under the 
rays of a burning sun, and of the large number of men who had their health 
ruined, and of the brave men who lost their lives from sunstroke, all to 
gratify the pride and folly of a military ninny, who thought more of display 
than he did ot the lives of his men, I feel sad, and sometimes, when think- 
ing upon the needless, senseless folly and cruelty, I become fighting mad. 
October 1st, 1862, commenced the Kentucky campaign, which proved to be 
a foot-race after the rebel general Braxton Bragg. On the 8th of October 
occurred the first battle that our regiment was ever engaged in, that of 
Perryville, where the behavior of the regiment and brigade gave promise 
of their future usefulness. The campaign terminated by our arrival at 
Xashville, Tennessee, Xovember 7th. This was. perhaps, the most trying 
campaign for our men that they ever passed through. We were raw re- 
cruits, tolerably ignorant of the duties of a soldier ; knew but little about 
taking care of ourselves. Our mode of cooking was but little removed 
from that of the rude barbarian. You know it was every fellow for him- 



12 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE REUNION 

self. ISlen boiled their coffee in a tin cup, and roasted, or rather burned, the 
outside of his meat by thrusting a stick through it and holding it in a 
blaze, and frecjuently it was eaten lialf raw. Besides, during this campaign 
there was a great scarcity of water. The men became so thirsty that they 
would drink from ponds of water covered with a green scum and in near 
proximity to dead animals, and sometimes they would actually drive the 
hogs from their wallow to obtain a little dirty water to wash down the dust 
that they were compelled to inhale. Then you remember the enormous 
loads tliat you carried. When we think of all these things, the wonder is 
not at the large number who gave out, but, rather, that so many stood up 
under these great disadvantages. 

^\ iter aiTiving at Nashville, Tenn., we were camped with our division, 
Gen. Sheridan's, some miles south of the city, until December 9th, when we 
relieved (ieii. Turchin's brigade at Nashville, and from that date until 
August 20th, 1863, we Avere on duty as garrison troops in and around the 
city. The winter of 1862 and '63 was very trying on our men. We had no 
shelter lor the troops but tbe Sibley tent, and of all the contrivances ever 
invented to kill off brave men these miserable tents are, perhaps, among 
the most efficient. It is useless to spend time in describing them, you all 
know what they are. While here the duty performed was very severe, we 
had to unload boats, load cars, guard trains, dig trenches, and hold con- 
stantly a long picket line. The result of this labor and exposure told fear- 
fully upon the health of the troops, so much so that our regiment lost more 
men by death and discharge for disability than during all the remaining 
term of our service. August 11th, 1863, we lost by death our colonel, David 
D. Irons. The colonel was a brave, generous man, and although not a mili- 
tary man, he was loved and respected by his regiment. August 20th we 
left Nashville, stopping a few days at West Harpeth and Columbia, Tenn.; 
then marched all the way from Columbia to Bridgeport, Alabama, alone. 
Everyone will remember the sbarp skirmish fire at Linnville. I remember 
it very distinctly, for I was officer of the day. Col. Magee sent for me while 
I was at supper, and when I reported at his head-quarters he enquired quite 
sharply, with that peculiar twitch of his mustache, " Captain Thomas, 
what is the meaning of this devilish firing on your skirmish line, sir?" 
Upon repairing to the scene of action I found that a lot of daring rebel 
hogs had charged my skirmish line, but they were handsomely re})ulsed, 
leaving a number of killed and wounded in our hands, where they were 
humanely cared for. I always thougiit that some of the good boys of the 
regiment sent the colonel a quarter of one of those same pigs, at all events 
he was extremely pleased the following morning. We arrived at Rossville 
Gap, injMissionary Ridge, on the night of the 16th of September, 1863, and 
on the 18th, late in the evening, our brigade was sent to the front to burn a 
bridge and came near being captured. Our brigade were the first troops in 
the battle of Chickamauga and the last to leave the field after the battle 
was over. 

You remember our experience at North Chickamauga, how the men 
and officers, too, suffered Avith hunger after Bragg got possession of Look- 



EIGHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 13 

out Mountain and cut our cracker line. I got so liungry that I actually 
stole twenty or thirty ears of Col. ]Magee's corn one night, and that when he 
had a soldier standing guard over it with a fixed bayonet. 

On the night of Xovember 23d we received marching orders, and early 
in the morning of the 24th our division marched down the river to the 
mouth of the South Chickamauga and crossed the river on the Pontoon 
Bridge. Then came the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. 
Close upon the heels of these great battles the forced march to relieve Gen. 
Burnside, at Knoxville, Tennessee. This was a very severe campaign, made 
in the winter season with the men poorly clad. Upon our return it was 
estimated that there were five hundred men in our division without shoes. 
The morning of December Sth, after leaving Madisonville, you could track 
the division by the blood from the men's bare, bleeding feet. It turned 
warm and rained all the afternoon. Late at night we went into camp at 
Coonosoga Mills, where we lived on the fat of the land until the morning 
of the 15th, when we resumed the march, arriving at our old camp at the 
mouth of the North Chickamauga during the night of December 18th, hav- 
ing been gone a month, less six days, with only three day's rations, and 
without a change of clothing, however, we were fat, dirty, ragged, and I 
think we had our full share of grey-backs. Xotwithstanding these hard- 
ships, there occasionally occurred alaugiuible incident that went far in the 
direction of relieving the men from the depressing efl'ects of the toilsome 
march. With your permission I will relate one where my greatly esteemed 
friend, Lieut. Kingman, was the victim of the joke. You soldiers know 
that it is much easier to march on the right of a column of troops than on 
the left, and to make it alike equal upon all, the companies wei'e changed 
every morning while campaigning. Thus Co. G became the color company 
on our way to Knoxville. Lieut. Kingman was in command of the second 
plattoon and had charge of the colors. In climbing one of those East Ten- 
nessee mountains he discovered a house in the advance and a bevy of young 
ladies by the side of the road. You know that the lieutenant was young 
and quite a gallant, of course these yovmg ladies must be honored, so he 
ordered the colors unfurled. The state colors was a beautiful banner with 
the spread Golden Eagle on it in all his glory, the lieutenant felt justly 
proud of this banner. Now imagine, if you can, his disgust and chagrin, 
when, instead of cheering the fiag, one of the young ladies ran to the door 
clapping her hands in great glee and exclaiming " Mother, mother, come 
here quick and see the beautiful buzzard on this flag." 

If the young lady had paid sufficient attention to the ornithology of her ' 
country to know the difference between the American eagle and the miser- 
able buzzard, she played it very fine and deserved praise for her superb 
acting. However, it was a good while before Kingman heard the last of 
that buzzard. 

We remained in our camp at the North Chickamauga until December 
26th, when we crossed the river and went into winter quarters at McAfee 
Church, on the Chickamauga battle field. Made a reconnaissance of Buz- 
zard's Roost in February, and March 6th our brigade was moved to Lee & 



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Gordon's Mills, wliere we remained until May 3rd, at which time General 
vSherman commenced concentrating his forces at Rhiggold, preparatorj' to 
the coming campaign. "While at McAfee Col. Magee resigned because of 
ill liealth, and Major Fahnestock was promoted to the vacancy. Our regi- 
ment regretted very much the necessity which compelled the resignation of 
Col. Magee, as he had proved to be able and efficient regimental commander. 

May 7th commenced the campaign against Atlanta, the Gate City of 
the South, our command participating in the important battles, and doing 
its full share of fighting in that bloody campaign. June 27th our brigade 
was selected as one of the three brigades that constituted the assaulting 
party upon the enemies works at Kennesaw Mountain, where over a fourth 
of our men were killed and wounded. This was the sad day of our exper- 
ience as a brigade, all the regiments suffering severely. Here we lost our 
first brigade commander, Col. Daniel McCook. Col. Dan., as we were wont 
to call liim, was young, impetuous, and sometimes boyish. Yet all in all 
he was a good officei", brave and loyal, not only to his country, but to his 
own immediate command. Our next ranking officer, Col. Harmon, of the 
125th Illinois, was instantly killed. And it was here that we lost the gallant 
young Captain Van Antwerp, of Company E, besides many of our men, 
but time will not permit me to enumerate the long list of killed and 
wounded who fell in that fatal assault. Suffice it to say, that they were 
among our best men, tried and true as any men who ever fell defending the 
Hag of their country. After the fall of Atlanta, together with all the army, 
save the 20th corps, we were run back to Chattanooga and our division was 
ordered as far south as Florence, Alabama, where I had the misfortune to 
receive a wdund that sent me home, thus missing the wonderful march to 
the sea. 

Joining the army again at Savannah, Ga., we had the honor of par- 
ticipating in the campaign through the Carolinas, flanking Charleston and 
forcing its evacuation. This was a wonderful campaign, made in the winter 
below the frost line, in the rain and mud of that treacherous laud of quick- 
sands. None of us will ever forget our experience at the Catawba River, 
wiiere it took fifty men and six mules to pull each of our wagons up the 
hill. Notwithstanding the hardships of this campaign the health of the 
men was remarkably good. The men who were with us that winter were 
veterans, men who had been tried in the "crucible of exposure and hard- 
ships and whose endurance never failed. Then came the last battles of our 
army — Averysboro and Bentonville — wliere we lost the gallant Captains 
Bogardus and French, with some of our brave boys. Captains Bogardus 
and French were men of experience and ability, they would have adorned 
almost any station in life. After these battles came the short respite at 
Goldsboro, and then on to Raleigh ; the armistice and surrender of our 
long tried and able adversary, General Joe. E. Johnson, a man, who in the 
opinion of many military men, was the equal, if not the superior, of Robert 
E. Lee or any one of the Confederate commanders. To-day he is hold- 
ing an important office under the Government, by appointment of the 
President of the United States May we not cherish the hope that he 
and others who attempted the destruction of this government may have a 



EIGHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 15 

higher regard for the sanctity of their oaths than they did at the beginning 
of the war. Of the foot-race to Richmond, the march to Washington, the 
grand review, the muster out, homeward bound and final pay, it is useless 
that I speak; and yet in the transition of these immense armies from their 
position of veteran soldiers to that of civilians, is displayed the grandeur 
and the superiority of our institutions and people over that of any other 
government or people in the world. Our men laid down their arms quietly, 
and once more assumed their respective places on the farm, in the shop, 
otfice, school and pulpit. Generals who had commanded divisions, corps 
and armies laid aside their swords, pulled off every vestige of military 
authority and rank, and became private citizens of our common country. 
Did the world ever witness so sublime a sight as the disbanding of two 
millions of men and their return to civil life without the slightest ripple of 
discord '? A country that can mold from her private citizens such an army 
as ours was, and maintain for four years such a war as was our late civil 
Avar, and at its close return her soldiers to civil life quietly and peacefully 
as did ours, is the wonder and admiration of the world. Such a country 
and people can ever be trusted in the future. 

Fellow Citizens : These men, my comrades, that I am addressing to day 
are no part of a rebel army of mercenaries who fought and risked their lives 
for glory, nor were they striving for gain or plunder. They were then, and 
are to-day, a part of the best blood of the land; men wliose patriotism is 
not to be measured by the amassing of colossal fortunes ground out of tlie 
toil and blood of their fellows ; but they are a part of that great army of 
men who left the walks of civil life to save this nation when its very 
foundation pillows were tottering and likely to fall and crush out the last 
nope of tlie countless millions of toiling, liberty-seeking and liberty-loving 
human beings. They are the representatives of the men who came forth 
at the beginning of the war with the patriotic determination to save this 
country or perish beneath its ruins. And after sufferings endured upon the 
march, in hospital, in prison pens and upon battle-fields, where lines of 
battle melted away like snovvflakes beneath the rays of a midsummer sun, 
they returned to their homes with one country, one flag and liberty for all. 
And to-day, after all these years, they still carry the grand old banner of 
the union; and the stars on the blue field of that glorious old flag is light- 
ing up with ever-increasing effulgence the pathway of intelligence, liberty 
and justice between man and man of every race and color. 

And now, my comrades, permit me to congratulate you upon the proud 
distinction that you enjoy of having fought for your country in time of its 
greatest need. You were participants in the fiercest, and yet the grandest, 
struggle for human liberty and the rights of the oppressed and down- 
trodden of our race since the creation of man. 

You fought not for conquest, nor to establish some disputed boundary 
line, but you did fight, and that bravely too, yes heroically, to uphold the 
authority of the general government, and to make the grand principles 
enunciated in the declaration of independence a verity, and you have the 
proud satisfaction of knowing that you aided materially in making this 



16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE REUNION 

absolutely a free country. So that to-day, twenty-two years after the close 
of that terrible death struggle between right and wrong, everywhere, from 
the frozen steppes of Alaska to semi-tropical Florida, and Irom the east, 
where the turbulent Atlantic dashes its angry waves against the rock-ribbed 
coast of New England, to the far west, where the waters of the mild Pacific 
lave the shores of the (lolden Gate, all over the land, wherever American 
enterprise has opened up the country, and American genius has introduced 
our civilization beneath the starry baaner of the Union, every man, woman 
and child is free. And not only to-day, but for all coming time there shall 
never more be heard in this God given heritage, the clanking of the 
manacles of the enslaved, except for the punishment of crime. You fought 
to settle a vexed question that brought on the ^var, and in this you were 
eminently successful. Your service rendered your country has taught the 
lesson to mankind, throughout the civilized world, that this country is 
abundantly able to take care of itself, and to settle its own internal affairs 
in its own way. Another lesson taught by the war, and one that the world 
will be slow to forget, is the very important fact, that this is a government, 
and not a confederacy. Yes, this is a government, a Union of many in one, 
and I venture the assertion, that in the future it will be remembered that 
the one cannot withdraw from the Union without the consent of the many. 

I think the late civil war has demonstrated another fact, and that is 
the very important fact that our popular form of government is the 
strongest government in the world when supported by an intelligent 
people. 

I know we have a great many grumblers and fault finders, men, and 
women too, who profess to believe that the country is fast going to ruin, 
and the world is growing worse and worse every day, and the people less 
law-abiding. Comrades and friends, let me say to you in all earnestness, 
that there is no truth in such an assertion, and no foundation for such an 
opinion. If the people who find so much fault, would only spend a small 
portion of their time in thanking God for what they enjoy under this mag- 
nificent government, they would be much more contented and happy, 
besides they would materially aid in making the world better. It is 
contrary to all experience, and to sound reason, that the world can be any- 
thing else than better. 

This is an age of intelligence, of the broad dissemination of knowledge, 
an age of wonderful discoveries and inventions. I can remember well 
when a fearful crime might have been committed, or a terrible accident 
have occurred in a neighboring state or in one of the counties of our own 
state, and we have remained ignorant of the fact for weeks and, perhaps, 
months. How is it to-day. You know that while enjoying our breakfast 
we can look over the morning paper and read the events of yesterday, not 
only in our own little community, but all over the civilized world, and by 
means of the telephone talk face to face with friends a hundred miles 
distant or by the telegraph we can send questions to the old world and 
receive answers in a few minutes. Yes, owing to the difference in time, 
w^e can send a message to a friend in California, and he receive and read it 



EIGHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 17 

two hours before we wrote it here in the telegraph office. By this rapid 
transit of news, we read of accidents and crimes the world over, and with- 
out stopping to reason, many people rush to the conclusion that everything 
is wrong, and that the world and especially their own country is fast going 
to the devil. When, in all probability, the wrong is with themselves, and 
their conclusion are arrived at by a process of false reasoning, or rather by 
an entire absence of reason. If the thousands of free presses, our immense 
volume of reading matter, and our magnificent system of free schools with 
their great array of intelligent and industrious teachers, together with our 
numerous churches and their great army of christian workers. If all these 
combined has the tendency to make the world worse, the sooner we destroy 
the press of the land, make a bonfire of our libraries and current literature, 
pull down our school houses, colleges, churches and public charities, and 
return to a state of ignorance and barbarism the better. You cannot fail 
to see, my comrades and friends, that such a position is absurd in the 
extreme, and makes the man who assumes it appear ridiculous in the eyes 
of an intelligent community. Xo, no, my friends, the world is not growing 
Avorse, but better. It is better to-day than it was at this date last year — 
better then than it was at the close of the war. I am inclined to believe 
that our country is pretty safe. We want this class of people who are 
constantly predicting the ruin of the country to wait until those grey-haired 
veterans are all gone. I know that we are growing somewhat old, but we 
know something of war, and will fight if we are put to the test, and there 
are more than half a million of us left. Woe betide the people who attempt 
the destruction of this government while we live. And when we leave this 
stage of action there will be two millions of our sons remaining, and they 
in turn will leave four millions of our grandsons? Wont these sons and 
grandsons of veteran fathers defend with their lives what we, their fathers, 
saved and bequeathed to them as a sacred trust. Most assuredly they will, 
if the necessity ever comes. If there is nothing in the world to trouble 
these sore-heads and fault-finders, except forebodings of evil concerning our 
country and government, let me say to them that the worry will not pay, it 
is a poor investment, they would do better to rest their fretful souls in 
peace and die happy. 

And now, my comrades, in conclusion, let me remind you of the fact 
that we are growing old and are being rapidly mustered out. Look at the 
array of our great leaders who have passed away in the last two or three 
years. That consummate commander, Ulysses S. Grant, the greatest soldier 
of the age, if not of the century (Jeff. Davis to the contrary, notwithstand- 
ing) ; he whose wonderful ability to plan and execute upon the military 
chess-board was beyond the capacity of any soldier of the age, he has gone 
to his final reward; and the gallant Geo. B. McClellan, who, perhaps, had no 
superior as an organizer, has been called away; and the chivalric Hancock, 
who, as a corps commander, had no superior and few equals, he, too has 
gone to his rest ; besides scores of other prominent leaders and thousands of 
comrades who carried the musket, the brave men on whom these great 
commanders relied for victory ; the men to whose sufferings and devotion 
to principle we are indebted for all we have and are as a people. 



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And last, though not least, the great volunteer general, the soldier's 
friend in camp, on the weary march, and in the hell of battle, as well as in 
the halls of congress,— our own loved John A. Logan. lie, too, has gone 
to his final reward, and all that remains of that " towering personality " is a 
clod of silent clay over which a nation weeps. But, thank God, he has left 
engraved upon our statute books and upon the pages of our history, in let- 
ters of living light, the impress of his great intellect ; and when his work 
here seemed but half finished " he stepped quietly from the senate chamber 
to that low, green tent whose curtain never swings !" ' 

" Kest, soldier, rest, for peace is thine; 
• Best, warrior, for earth's strife is o'er; 

Rest, statesman, fame's bright laurels twine thy noble deeds; 
The golden shore for thee is won, while tears are shed, 
For lion-heark'd Logan 's dead !" 

And now, my comrades of the S6th Illinois Infantry, let me call your 
attention once more to the fact that twenty-five years ago to-day we numbered 
923 men, and the great majority of these men were between the ages of 18 and 
30 years, a few of us were a little older. Of that number of strong, 
hearty young men how many are there living to-day ? Fully one-half have 
gone. They are sleeping, some in the cemeteries near their homes, wiiere 
loving hands yearly decorate their graves ; but many of them are sleeping 
far from home and loved ones, and, no doubt, some are resting in nameless 
graves. But it matters little where their mortal remains are, w-e will 
ever cherish their memories and yearly we will decorate a mound to their 
memories. 

We are passing rapidly away, comrades. Who of our number will 
stand up in this city and talk to his comrades of the old 86tli twenty-five 
years from to-day, and how many of the comrades will be present to listen 
to his trembling accents ? There may be a few of the younger members of 
the regiment remaining, but they will be few. While we do remain let us 
quit ourselves like men. Never do any act or engage in any business that 
will lower our dignity as citizen soldiers of the grandest and freest govern- 
ment in the world ; and let us ever cherish a fraternal feeling for each 
other. When we fall one by one let us close up the ranks, taking once more 
the touch of the elbow. Let us pursue our onward march waiting for the 
reveille and final taps that is to relieve us from duty and usher us into our 
eternal rest. 

The comrades, with a number of their ladies, then marched to the court 
house square, where their photographs were taken in a group. 

After partaking of a bountiful dinner in the banquet hall at House's, 
the assemblage returned to the main auditorium, where toasts were pro- 
posed and responded to. Major Thomas officiating as master of ceremonies. 

Colonel Fahnestock spoke of the " Marches and Battles of the Eighty- 
sixth Regiment " as follows : 



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Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen : It is with pride and pleasure that 
I Cdll to memory a few incidents of the part taken by the officers and en- 
listed men of this grand old regiment, organized and mustered into the ser- 
vice of the United States, by Captain R. C. Ewing, August 27, 1862, at 
Camp Lyon, Peoria, 111. The maximum strength of the regiment mustered 
in was 3 field, 5 staff and 30 line officers ; there were 889 enlisted men, 
making a grand total of 987 men. September 7, 1862, with drums beating, 
flags waving and cheers from our friends and citizens of Peoria for our suc- 
cess, %ve marched and boarded the cars for Louisville, Ky. We left Louis- 
ville October 1, overtaking Gen. Bragg's army near Perryville, Ky., October 
8, this being our first battle. The regiment did nobly and made a gallant 
charge, driving the enemy from our front. We fought this battle under 
the command of the gallant Phil. Sheridan and Col. Daniel McCook. We 
marched after Bragg's retreating army to Crab Orchard, then returned and 
marched to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., arriving at that 
place November 7. We remained at Nashville, doing all kinds of duty, 
until August 11, 1863, when the regiment met with the loss of our dear old 
Col. David W. Irons. Lieut.-Col. D. W. Magee now took command of the 
regiment. He had experience in the Mexican war, and, being a good dis- 
ciplinarian, under his instruction the regiment soon became proficient in 
drill and the manual of arms. We left Nashville for Brentwood, and thence 
to Columbia, Tenn. We marched from there to Huntsville, thence on to 
Chattanooga, Tenn., arriving there in time to take an active part in the 
battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 20 and 21, 1863. Remaining near 
Chattanooga until October 29, we moved with our brigade to Brown's 
Ferry, on the Tennesse river, and assisted Gen. Hooker to cross and form 
a junction with our army, relieving our starving men and animals. 
November 24 we assisted in floating Gen. Sherman's pontoons down the 
Tennessee river, crossing and fighting the battle of Missionary Ridge, and 
after the battle pursuing Bragg's retreating army to Ringoid, then marched 
to the relief of Gen. Burnside, at Knoxville, Tenn. The regiment returned 
to Chatanooga, then moved to camp to Lee & Gordon's mill and guarded 
the valley of the Chickamauga until spring. May 3, 1864, we marched for 
Atlanta, Ga., fighting the battles of Buzzard Roost, near Dalton, Ga., 
Mill Creek, Resaca, Rome, Dallas, Kennesaw^ Mountain, charging their 
works, losing 26 killed, 60 wounded and 12 missing — a total of 98, Chat- 
tachochee River, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta. At Jonesboro we charged 
the enemy's works, and assisted in capturing one battery, 1,600 prisoners 
and Gen. Govan. September 3 we marched and guarded the prisoners to 
Atlanta, then with the brigade moved by rail to Athens and Florence, 
driving General Forrest across the river, again returning to Atlanta the 
second time. November 16, 1864, we left Atlanta with Gen. Sherman for 
the sea; fought our way to Savannah, Georgia, through North and South 
Carolina. We fought the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, gaining 
a glorious victory; then marched to Goldsboro, forming a junction with 
Gen. Schofield's army. We marched from Goldsboro xVpril 10, 1865, and 
passed through Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, here receiving the 



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good news of the surrender of Lee's army. We then marched to Richmond, 
Va., on to Washington ('ity, passing in grand review, mustering out of 
service, June 6, 1865, 29 commissioned ofllcers and S5!) enlisted men — total, 
388. To-day, of the 19 commissioned oflicers that were mustered into ser- 
vice August 27, 1862, only 11 remain to celebrate this twenty-fifth anniver- 
sary. Of the 889 enlisted men mustered into service, 166 were killed and 
died of disease, 160 were wounded in battle and .33 captured by the enemy. 
We fought sixteen battles, numerous small engagements, marching on foot 
and by rail 5,500 miles. Comrades, let us not forget our dead that gave 
their lives to defend our country and flag. Their graves attest their 
courage, and, sad to think, many are buried amongst the unknown. 

Captain J. H. Burkhalter, of Galesburg, responded to the toast, " Cap- 
tured and Eecaptured," which was of a rather personal application. Mr. 
Burkhalter acknowledged the corn, and admitted that he was " straggling " 
when he was taken. 

Lieut. John McGinnis, of Peoria, responded to the toast, " Comrades 
Who Carried the Musket." 

Mr. President, Comrades, and Fellow Citizens : With due reapect for 
the officers whose duty it was to command, but the honor of the victory 
belongs to the comrades that carried the musket. 

We have met here to-day to renew our comradeship and to talk of men 
and times gone by, but let us remember the dead witli the living, for they 
are in our memory still. Some fell dead at our side, many died of wounds 
and sickness in camp and in hospital, others suffered untold horrors in the 
prison pen, and died of treatment that was a disgrace to the civilization of 
the age. And to whatever branch of service each may have belonged, let 
us have proper i^gard, living or dead. Let us, as it were, linger a moment 
at the tomb of Gen. Grant. Here is where a nation pays homage. He it 
was who had the inspiring genius to direct, and never surrendered a man to 
an enemy. And while we thus linger., let us think of Gen. George H. 
Thomas, the " Eock of the Chickamauga," and champion at Nashville. 

Logan, we cannot forget him, he was the hero at Atlanta, and the 
Soldier Statesman. These three in spirit Triune, where are they. Gone to 
their reward. Let us unite our hearts in saying blessed are the dead who 
die in the Lord, yea saitli the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and 
their works do follow them. But to the comrades who carried the musket 
are we greatest indebted, for they gained our victories, they conquered our 
peace. And now, we do not wish to glory over a surrendered enemy or 
exult over a fallen foe. But we do rejoice that the principles for which we 
fought and for which our comrades died, is the verdict sustained by Eternal 
Justice and send greeting to all manking, Our general's confidence was 
strengthened or weakened by the number of bayonets represented in line, 
but the victory came of the valor of the comrades who carried the musket, 
and when from Appomattox and Durham's Station the shout of triumph 
came and the sound was heard from the swamp, the valley, and mounta in 



EIGHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 21 

it was inspiring to our hearts. ' Twas not from the " throat of Treason." 
Neither was it wafted on the breeze by the" tongue of Slander," for loyalty 
market its echoes and reverberated its sound. It svrs the voice of our civil- 
ization. 

To describe all is more than I am able to do, but to realize with you 
I can, for I was there, I saw the comrades on the march, I enjoyed their 
sports in camp, I watched with them on picket and on guard, I witnessed 
the charge and saw them in the battle front. They were distinguished 
heroes, for they it was who carried the musket. Orators may speak and 
declare the virtues of our generals, poets sing their requiem, but the bles- 
sings of a grateful and loyal people is due, and belongs to the comrades who 
carried the musket. 

On account of the absence of the respondents, Mr. McKendre McNeal, 
of Plenry, and Mr. H. Cloud, of El Paso, the one being detained at home by 
illness, and the other having missed the train, the toasts, " The Ludicrous 
Side" and "Our Flag," were dispensed with. 

Capt. S. L. Zinser responded to the toast, " Our Last Battle," 

OUR LAST BATTLE. 

March 19th, 1865, our last battle was fought near Bentonville, North 
Carolina. Several days before that, ]\Iarch 16th, we had a battle with Gen. 
Hardee, at Averysboro. Gen. Sherman then directed the whole army 
towards Goldsboro, the right wing. 15th and 17th army corps, Gen. Howard 
commander, marching on the Fayetteville road towards Goldsboro, and the 
left wing, 14th and 20th corps, Gen. Slocum commander, marching on the 
Averysboro road, towards the same point. 

We can readily call to mind that two or three days after the battle of 
Averysboro, they were among the most wearisome of the campaign. The 
roads, never good in that country, were now almost imp issable, on account 
of incessant rains. The marching was slow and very tiresome. On the 
day of the battle the rains had ceased. Although years have passed, our 
last battle is still fresh in our memory. I remember the day well. It was 
Sunday, a beautiful and sunshiny day, and had it not been for the terrible 
rattle of musketry, and the fierce roar of cannon, we would have been 
delighted with the warbles of the beautiful birds of the sunny south. Many 
of us recall when we started on the march that morning, the whole army 
was in the beut of spirits. Every soldier seemed to feel that we were rapidly 
approaching the end of the war, and on the way to our longed-for homes. 

"We all felt we would soon reach Goldsboro. At tiiat point we expected 
to join the armies under Generals Schofleld and Terry, who were coining 
from Xewbern to open up a line of communication with our friends at 
home. We expected our mail there, new shoes and clothing, and a good 
long-needed rest, and then as an invincible army, of the very best men of 
the nation, to take a fresh start " on to Richmond." 

Every comrade will bear me out, and every true'friend of the soldiers 
of the late war for the Union, will echo it, in saying that no better soldiers 
could be found in the whole nation, than the soldiers belonging to the 



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military division of the Mississippi, Gen. Sherman commander. The troops 
of this army had ahnost marched across a continent. They had been iniiure'' 
to all kinds of hardship; tried by fire, water, shot and shell. 

On the morning of the 19th, the 14th corps started on the march. The 
20th corps, nearly a day's march in the rear, the right wing was from eight 
to twelve miles southward from us. We little dreamed that before night- 
fall many a brave boy would be dead on the field of strife, and many more 
bleeding and dying in a field hospital. The same skillful and shrewd foe 
wlio disputed our march from Chattanooga to Atlanta was again confront- 
ing us. More than 22,000 confederates, under Gen. Johnson, were concen- 
trated in our front, across the very road and to the right and left of it; our 
corps of about 12,000 troops were marching by the fiank. The confederates 
were in their ov/n chosen position, the country was swampy and dense with 
scrubby undergrowth. Before noon Gen. Carlin's division, which was in 
the lead, came in contact with the enemy's skirmishers. Our foragers be- 
came engaged in a lively fight, (ien. Carlin, supposing he had nothing but 
cavalry opposing him, pushed forward with two brigades to charge the 
works, but soon found he was attacking a superior force of infantry, whose 
fire had anotlier sound than that of cavalry. About two o'clock the enemy 
made an attack on Buell's brigade, which was on the left of Carlin, both in 
front and fiank, driving him to the rear in confusion. The confederate 
divisions, under Stewart, continued the assault, striking Carlin's brigades 
in flank and rear, knocking them back. This took time, our boys deter- 
mined not to be beaten. The enemy came on step by step, our men retreat- 
ing, firing volleys with terrible effect, forming a new line, and again 
making a stand, until Carlin's division was seemingly cut off. A battery 
of ours was captured. At this crisis of the battle Gen. Jeff. C. Davis 
ordered our brigade to charge upon the flank of the enemy who was follow- 
ing Carlin. The attack on the flank did the work. We charged them on 
the run and drove them at the point of the bayonet. Carlin's and Buell's 
troops now rallied on our line and thus regained what was lost. But the 
battle was not over. On our right was a gap, the enemy made for it ; for- 
tunately the troops of the 20th corps arrived on the field. A brigade formed 
on our right, but too short to fill the gap. About five o'clock the rebels 
again made a general attack on our lines, and kept it up until night. Gen. 
Hoke's division charged upon our works, but was repulsed. They found 
the gap between our division and the rest of the line ; they made a des- 
perate assault on the brigade on our right, but were beaten back with heavy 
loss. Some of the confederates got through the gap and tried to attack 
our division in the rear. A rapid change of front on our part quickly 
routed them and made our victory complete. 

Considering the number engaged the losses were heavy. The total loss 
on our side was 1,004, 1,196 were in our (14th) corps. xVmong the wounded 
Avas our General Fearing. The confederate loss was greater, 267 dead and 
1,625 prisoners fell into our hands. How many dead they carried from the 
field we don't know. 



EIGHTY- SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 23 

This was our " last battle." It was the last battle of the war. The 
Union was saved. To the world it was demonstrated that the United States 
is a nation. A month later the confederate army surrendered to Generals 
Grant and Sherman. 

Now a word in regard to the 86th. It was in the hottest of the fight, 
not a man faltered. Col. Fahnestock was there, JSIajor Thomas was there, 
we were all there. At one time during the fight it looked as though the 
day was going to result in defeat. You will remember when the rebels 
found the gap on our right the bullets came whizzing on our right flank. 
The 8Gth deployed to the right on the run. A brigade from the 20th corps 
helped us out of a tight place. I tell you, comrades, I am proud of my old 
regiment in " our last battle." We lost one killed and twenty-two wounded. 
Among the wounded was Capt. Bogardus, of Company (J. He died of his 
wounds on his way home. Several others died in the hospital. In con- 
clusion, 1 will say I am exceedingly rejoiced to have met with you, and 
hope Ave shall live to have another reunion one year from this day. 

The Rev. N. S. Ilaynes, of Peoria, responded eloquently to the toast, 
" Our Fallen Heroes." In conclusion, he said : 

The preservation of the integrity of the Union is worth all it has 
cost. Of that appalling price the Eighty-Sixth paid its part. Our comrades 
sickened in the field, and died in camp or hospital ; were killed in battle ; 
expired from wounds received; hungered and perished in rebel prisons; one 
and all smitten by the hellish hand of treason in the awful hour of the 
nation's midnight. How brave they were ! How true ! With what holy 
patriotism, with what divine unselfishness they -suffered and died for 
national unity, the principles of liberty, the rights of men, the cause of 
God. Their lives will ever be to us an inspiration to patriotic endeavors; 
their deaths will chant a requiem in our hearts through all the years of 
time. Comrades, may we each feel and say, let my tongue cleave to the 
roof of my mouth, ray hand fall palsied at my side, ere I dishonor, by voice 
or vote, the hallowed memories of our heroic dead. 

At the suggestion of Charles McKown, of Gilson, a collection was taken 
to buy a suitable engraved badge for "the daughter of the regiment," and 
Miss Jones then recited " The Veteran and His Grandson." 

On motion of Lieut. Martin Kingman, the minutes of the reunion were 
ordered printed for distribution among the members of the regiment. 

With this action the reunion was concluded. 



COMRADES IN ATTENDANCE. 



The following is a complete roster of the eomiades in attendance. 

COMPANY A. 

Capt. Joe. ^[ajiir Eureka. 

J, A. Unibaker Jienson. 

.John Tomb Eureka. 

H. 'J'. V:\\ne Eureka. 

Daniel IVrine Eureka. 

ThoiiKis Foley Lostant. 

Peter Brubaker Ti uger. 

John AVatson ( 'ruger. 

Rev. N. S. Ilaynes Peoria. 

J. B. Robinson Secor. 

John J3. A'arbel «ecor. 

H. C. Uaker Redwood Falls. Minn. 

Lieut. J. J.Jones Eureka. 

H. P». Darst Eureka. 

Jaspar J. Rrown Peoria. 

William Dixon Forrest. 

Amos <i>. Wilson Secor. 

compa:ny 13. 

Archibald Biacken AVichita, Kan. 

A. J. Diehl Normal. 

]^ouis Lehman Mattoon. 

John AV. Smith Henry. 

Robert ( 'lark Henry. 

Jos. Heber Henry. 

COMPANY C. 

Maj. Joseph Y. Thomas Chillicothe. 

E. C. Silliman Clienoa. 

Geo. B. Morrill Northboro. Iowa 

Sanlord II. Stiliman Nortonville. Kan. 

Adam Crawford Seward, Neb. 

( Jeo. Colwell Kewanee. 

U. H. Nurs llallock. 

P. L. Sexton Long Point. 

Jas. IJ. Ferguson Princevdle. 

Wm. J. Haldwin Peoria. 

A. P. Welder Saratoga. 

Ansel Crouch AVest Hallock. 

Albanus Jenks Dana. 

John D. Jumj) AN'eston. 

Hiraai S. Daman Adair. Mo. 

Cyrus S. Root Sparland. 

Alfred I'roctor Ronu'. 

Charles E. AVeidman AVest Hallock. 

Oscar I). Stowell Ilallt.ck. 

John C. Landstrom Rome. 

Cvrus Reed Chillicothe. 

Lieut. It. IJ. P.eeke Cliillicothe. 



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COMP.\XY D. 

Capt. Frank Hitchcock Peoria. 

Joel Kimsey Peoria. 

James T. Morris Panola. 

William Greenhalgh liosetield. 

Richard McCarthy Trivoli. 

Joseph Wrigley Trivoli. 

William WyckofE Trivoli. 

John Ivleftman Trivoli. 

S. 1). Love Tamora, Keb. 

William Graham Elmwood. 

David H. Anderson Henry. 

Wm. Treeby Larchwood, Iowa. 

COMPANY E. 

Henry F. Hosselton Peoria. 

George Hall Lawu Ridge. 

James Hall Hnmiston, Iowa. 

G. T. Thompson iSparlaud. 

Addison Tanquary ISparlaud. 

B. X. Frisby Sparlaud. 

Andrew Kimball Chillicothe. 

Ambrose Gehrt Lawn Ridge. 

J ames Carter Lawn Ridge. 

COMPANY F. 

Capt. James F. Burkhalter Galesbvirg. 

Lieut. John Hall Maquon. 

xUbert Smith Maquon. 

C. W. McKowu Gilson. 

J . G. Jones Tecumseh, Neb. 

Manuel Mowrey 

Adjt. L. J. Dowdy Maquon. 

COMPANY^ G. 

Milton H. Cloud Paxton. 

Benjamin F. Whistler Mackinaw. 

G. W. Bothani Washington. 

David Bracken Bloominglon. 

Lieut. Martin Kingman Peoria. 

L. S. North Washington. 

John Lamason ^Mackinaw. 

H. C. Layton Mackinaw. 

Wm. H. Waughap Drakeville. Iowa. 

Jacob Westerfield Stanford. 

H. B. Smith ^Morton. 

Dr. J. W. Robinson Sheldon. 

A. Graham Washington. 

H. F. Heiple Washington. 

Campbell Lee Gridley. 

Capt. Sol. L. Zinser ^laquon. 

G. \V. Ferner Washington. 

Jonah Ruble Washington. 

James Trowbridge Washington. 

Roger Shoemaker Washington. 

John T. Gibson Pontiac. 

John Ruble Gridley. 

T. B. Lane Deer Creek. 



26 EIGHTY- SIXTH EEGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEEKS. 

COMPAXY H. 

Capt. John 11. Hall . . . ; Peoria. 

W. C. Steward , Peoria. 

J. X. Place Peoria. 

William Bloudel Peoria. 

James A. McFarland Peoria. 

A. W. Belcher Peoria. 

M. II. Buck Monica. 

George M. Moore Elm Grove. 

Lieut. E. E. Peters ' Peoria. 

William JJuck Peoria. 

COMPANY I. 

Col. A. L. Fahnestock Glasford. 

James Shreffler Glasford. 

J. C. Mc(iuown Glasford. 

Bernard Fries Glasford. 

Benjamin Erford Glasford. 

Andrew Green (Jlasf ord. 

A. C. Tindall Glasford. 

Benjamin Hobble (ilasford. 

Ezekiel Petty Glasford. 

John B. Petty Glasford. 

Samuel Silzell Glasford. 

Levis Krischer , Glasford. 

J. L. Fahnestock Peoria. 

David Shreffler Peoria. 

Frank Simpson London ]\Iills. 

John Earnest Peoria. 

COMPANY K. 

Lieut. John Morrow Chenoa. 

John McGinnis Peoria. 

John M. Sabin Hoopston. 

John Z. Slane Princeville. 

E. Keller Princeville. 

James E. White Princeville. 

Samuel Coburn Princeville. 

Elijah Coburn Princeville. 

William H. Wisenburg Princeville. 



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FIELD OFFICERS. 



Lieut.-Colonel Allen L. Faiinestock Glasford, 111. 

Lieut.-Colonel D. W. M agee* Wyoming, 111. 

Major James S. Bean Aurora. 111. 

Major Orlando Fountain Sabetha, Kansas. 

Major Joseph F. Tiio:mas Chillicothe, 111. 

Adjutant James E. Prescott 

Adjutant Lansing J. Dowdy Maquon, III. 

Quarter-Master Archibald Bracken Wichita, Kan. 

Surgeon M. M. IIooton Chicago, 111. 

Chaplain Geo. W. Brown Abington, 111. 

non-commissioned staff. 

Quarter-Master Sergt. Charles Magee 

Com. Sergt. Thomas A. McMorris California. 

Com. Sergt. Wm. J. Longfellow 

Hospital Steward Jos. W. Robinson . Sheldon, 111. 

musicians. 

Alonson p. Webber Saratoga 111. 

James Shreffler Glasford, 111. 

Samuel Silzel Peoria, 111. 



COMPAXY a. 



Capt. Joe. Major Eureka, 111. privates. 

lstLieut.J.J.Jones....Eureka.I]l. ^^jHson, James A 

sergeants. Adams, John W 

A. W. Stewart Brown, Henry 

A. Q. Wilson Brown, .Tohn T 

Silas E. Brooks Brown. Jasper J Peoria, 111. 

John E. Kinnear Brubaker, Peter Cruger, 111. 

John H. Brubaker Benson, 111. < 'hilds, Edwin A El Paso, HI. 

Carnahan, Hii'am E 

CORPORALS. Chapman, James 

Aaron C. BuUington Elliott, 111. Cable, Simon P 

Joseph A. Carr Cramer, Levi . . . , 

Eobt. Holmes Milford, 111. Dixon, William. Forrest, 111. 

Rufus King Fort Scott, Kan. Dial, Richard 

Joel T. Martin Red Cloud. Neb. Darst, Henry R Eureka, 111. 

Frank This Fairbury, 111. Dehm, John 

John Tomb Eureka, 111 . Davenport, Jonas L 

Henry C. Baker, Redwood Falls, Flam, Michael 

Minn. Fletcher, Irvm 



28 EIGHTY-SIYTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 

Foly, Thomas Lostant, 111. Oer, Benjamin Kappa, 111. 

Foote, Charles Payne, Roland F Eureka, 111. 

Graham, Lorenzo D Payne, J oseph E 

Hallam, William W., Yalparaiso, Pepper, Joshua S 

Xeb. Pernn, David R Eureka, 111. 

Haynes, X. S Peoria, 111. lialston, Harmon J 

Hein, John Rodebush, (leo. \V 

King. Jeptha 13 Hoover, Mo. Ilobison, John E 

Longfellow, John C Stowell, Luther E 

Long, Harden Sisson, Saml Council Grove, Kan. 

Lowery, Joseph E (Summers, Albert H 

Mohr Abraham Tandy, James W 

McPeak, Ellis E This, John Colfax, 111. 

Mohr, John F Watson. John H Cruger, 111. 

Miller. James R " Varble, John B Secor, 111. 

Manning, Miles 



COMPANY B. 

Capt. J. P. AVorrell, Griffin, John 

Ft. Earned, Kan. Galloway, Samuel 

Lieut. Johnathan C. Kingsley, Greene Perry E 

York, Neb. Hamilton, John f" '..'.'." 

Lieut. N elson McYicker Hamilton, Samuel J 

SERGEANTS. Hamilton, Aaron 

Robert M. Buck I^Iarrietta, O. Huber William J Oxbow, 111. 

John G. Ferris Mt. Ayer, loAva. Ham, John N ..... 

John F. Renoad Holler, Wm. B Sparland, HI. 

Alfred J. Diehl Normal, 111. Lee, Charles, 

Thomas F. Kingsley Banner Springs, Wyandotte, Kan. 

William Merrill Lehman, Louis L Mattoon, 111. 

r-oT-Pm^ ■ t"c" Mattliewson, ( 'hris. H 

GOKPOivALs. McYicker, Edward. . Chillicothe, 111. 

Geo. W. Berdine Matthews. James B 

Allen M. Penney Mutton, Robert B., 

Noah Pettit Grand Island, Neb. 

Jacob M. Burnham Gilman, 111. Mutton, William H Henry, 111. 

Elisha Barnaby Mills, Richard T 

Milton Graham Rome, Iowa. Morrison, Holmes Henry, 111. 

Thomas H. Taylor McMackin, Grofton M 

Zenas C. Woiiey Maxwell, James . . . Marysville, Kan. 

PRIVATES. Norris, John 

Berdine, Walter J ^'«11' Sol Henry, 111. 

Berdine, Martin Y JPool^' (.eorge ......... 

Brown Robert Poole, Aaron Anselmo, N eb. 

Brown' Harvey S. ." .' .' ." .' .' .' .' .' ." ." .' .' .' .' .' .' .' l''^tch, Jeremiah 

Bennett, Joseph Patch, Isaac .... . 

Burns Geo M Randall, Reuben \\ 

]Jurns', Joiin M. V.V.Sedgwick" Kan. ^^Y^ Newton Henry, HI. 

Cunningtiam, P. S Skinner, Adolphus 

(Jlark, Robert A Henry, 111. Stanton W illiam 

Dawson, Jehu L Lonetree, 111. Smith, Ben. 1; . . 

])awson, Clark M Henry, HI. Snyder, Edwin A Henry, 111. 

Dixon, Jackson Sneathan Merimoth ........... 

Ervin, Charles B Wichita. Kan. Saulter J olui W Harlan, Iowa. 

Erwin, Robert S Henry, 111 . Sharp, Edward 



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Smith, James F Ilenrv, 111. Warren, Joseph 

Smith, John ^V IVJalinW^H.. Wright. John 

Swander, Daniel L * .V. . -' "Wandling, Hamilton P. 

Thompson, William H Whitman, Adington . . . 

Thompson, James M Warren, Jnmes 

Wood, Edward 



COiSIPANY C. 



Lieut. Renben B- Beebe, 

Chillicothe, 111. 
Lieut. Edwin C. Silliman, 

Chenoa, 111. 

SERGEANTS. 

Alfred S. Proctor Rome, 111. 

Jolm D. Jump Weston, 111. 

Joseph J. Hamilton. . .Seward, Neb. 

Edson Turner Passadena, Cal. 

James Mitchell Minden, Mo. 

COKPOKALS. 

Cyrus Root Sparland, 111. 

Gurus Ueed Xorthampton, 111. 

Webster (Ireen lola, Kansas. 

Isaac U. McCully, Valley Falls, Kan. 
George E. Morrill, NorHiboro, Iowa. 

Charles M. Young Stanley, Neb. 

Sanford H. Stiliman . . .Nortonville, 

Kansas. 

Pin VAXES. 

Ashworth, William 

Bland, William Sterling, Kan. 

Bland, John Sterling, Kan. 

Bell, John H. . Dallas Centre, Iowa. 

Bolton, George Kingsley, Iowa. 

Baggs, John ". Peoria, 111. 

Baldwin. William J Peoria, 111. 

Brown, Harvey L., West Hallock, 111. 

Brown , Abel W 

Canterbury, Samuel 

Crotz, Wm. H Cameron, III. 

Crawford, Adam Seward, Xeb. 

Colwell, Geo. W Kewanee, 111. 

Carter, Mbert S Montana. 

Crouch, Ansel West Hallock, 111. 



Clauson, Henry Chillicothe, 111. 

Dray, Ileni-y & 

Damon, Hiram Adair, Mo. 

Ferguson, James B. . Princeville, 111. 

Gibbs, Lewis Chenoa. 111. 

Glaze, Isaac Pierce, Xeb. 

Gallup, Ralph P Dana, 111. 

Hutchinson, John M.,Winfield, Kan. 
Harrington. Jno..Los Angeles, Cal. 

Jenkins, Wm. M Iowa 

Johns, Samuel A 

Jones, James A Marshall, Mo. 

Jenkins, Albanus Dana, 111. 

King, Robert 

Londstrom, John Chillicothe, 111. 

Marsh, James Farina, 111. 

McDonald, James K 

Mason, John 

Maxon, Matthew Saunemin, 111. 

X'^urs. Henry H Hallock. 111. 

Parsons, Abram S.. .Chillicothe, 111. 

Putnam, Allen Pontiac. 111. 

Rutherford, Jacob J. . Chillicothe, 111. 

Reynolds, John W 

Loproina Centre, 111. 
Saxton, Frederic L. .Long Point, 111. 

Stewart, John Weston, 111. 

Stiliman, Anson P., Nortonville, Kan. 

Sanger, Adna T Concordia. Kan. 

Selders, ThomasB. .Wady Petra,Il]. 

Stowell, Oscar D Hallock, 111. 

Troxell, Wm Audobon, Iowa. 

Vining, Wm. H Wilsey, Kan. 

Wallace, Alex Atlantic, Iowa. 

Wilson, Loren J Lawn Ridge, 111. 

Wilson, Geo. N Spring Bay, 111. 

Weidman, Chas. E. .W. Hallock, 111. 



COMPANY D. 



Capt. Frank Hitchcock,. .Peoria 111. 
Lieut. William D. Faulkner, 

Colgate, Dakota. 
Lieut. William H. Hall, Geneseo, 111. 
Lieut. Isaac L. Gleaves, 

Chattanouga, Tenn. 

SERGEANTS. 

Jeremiah P. Parkhurst, Kansas. 

Samuel J. Horine, Lane, la. 



J ohn Kluffman Trivoli, Ills. 

William D. Lee, Iowa. 

Lemuel R. Elliott 

Leonard Bickford Sheldon, Mo. 

Alfred M. McKinney, 

Wymore, Neb. 

CORPORALS. 

Ezra K. Conrad Blue Hill, N^eb. 

William Treeby Larchwood, la. 



30 EIGHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 

Daniel Cobb Sheldon, Mo. Hartman, Christopher. . . Trivoli, 111. 

AVilliam Graham Elmwood, 111. Holtmeyer, Joseph II 

William S. Kennedy, c; Johnson, Daniel W Iowa. 

iS' e\v Orleans, La.r KXn^ii^Pjeciiy. .-. .-r ^i*- 

Joel L Kirasey Teoria, 111. KempTe, Chai-les B^.f. Iowa. 

Thomas McCoy Arkansas. Krouse, Martin V Iowa. 

William Wycoff Trivoli, 111. Kronse, John Iowa. 

James F. Morris Panola, 111. Lone;, Thomas M 111. 

Charles E. Taylor Grimfield, la. Lobaugh, Abram 

Joseph Wrigley Trivoli, 111. Miller, Samviel A 

Samuel D. Love Tamora, Neb, McCarty. Richard Trivoli, III. 

T.TJT^r .rpTTo i ' ^ "^ McMaiiis, Jamcs J. Grove Citv, Neb. 

PRi\ATES. > - . Miller, George .'.Iowa. 

Anderson, David H Henry, 111. Memeyer, Wm. S (3seola, la. 

Arnold, Wm. 13 Trivoli, 111. Palmer, Eosaloo 

Bostwick, "Wm. E Frmington, 111. Preston, Martin Ponca, Neb. 

Conrad, Elias H Hastings, Neb. Preston, David ^, 

Champ, Victor R Glassf ord, 111. Rood, Merrit R . . .Pleasant Gap, Mo. "f" 

Dewey, Isacher B Richardson, W' in. M Iowa. '>y--^ 

Frank, Jessie Trivoli, 111. Stoffer, Alva ^C ^ 

Fry, John .Paoria, 111. AVilliamson, John Trivoli, 111. . 

Fry, Christian Wrisley, Wm. E 

Greenhalgh, Richard W. Wescott, Horotio. .:".". 

Rosefield, 111. Walker, Benj. F 

Gregory, John F 111. Williamson, Joseph Trivoli, 111. 



COMPANY E. 



1 



Capt. Frederick A. Waldorf Britton, George W Odel, Iowa. 

Capt. Geo. A. Smith. . . Colony, Kan. Black, Robert H 

Lieut. Henry Wilson Bridagroon, Julius Norton, Kan. 

Lieut. Harvey Foreman Omaha. Culton, James H 

^FT?rwAivrTs Crosman, Jacob 

-^ ^r .7 -^r .T.. Carter, Joseph Lawn Ridge, 111. 

Je?,se D. Honeywell . . . Monroe, AA is. Corrington, Benton . . Nevada, Iowa. 

AV illiam Callen Dawson, William 

Stephen Parsons Sparta, Kan. Davidson, Jonathan K 

Henry Wilcox Eckley, Ephraim 

OOKPORAL.S. • Grady, Stephen Henry, 111. 

Charles F. Hamilton n!^ifl' i?^?^L;; 

Joseph S. Stewart Cmve fohn 

William H.Scruton • -LewistojN;^ Ge?t,\mb?ose: .-.•. .Lawn Ridge,' 111. 

George E. Johnson ! . . . : g^JS" Wmfam " ' •'^''"''''' ^'''^• 

S^Iiaii::::;::Slr?^c5^: g=&^S^w:::Graymoun^ 

St^i[tannaha;^!^:'!:^^!^" ff ^S^^\v^^ff ^ ^'''''''^- 

Geo. W. Ramey Eureka, Kan. ij^jf ^Vfi'^io n W "r^.':^:^ " " t\'^' ' 

AVm F SnPPr/ ^taririii Hall, Jamcs C Humiston, lowa. 

AfHson Tannuarv SmrS 11 Kimball, Andrew .... Chillicothe, 111. 

nSaVr^vX'xV.V.Sord; m. Ki^-^^' «««rg« ^ • • • ^l"e Springs 

^««- "^^^- ^^^11 H^^^^-y- 1"- Livingston, Thomas . . Russell, lo vva! 

PRIVATES. Mason, Christopher P 

Anderson, Joseph Juniata, Neb. McCreedy, Orin P Rockf ord, 

Buchanan, Joseph Iowa. 

Brown, Daniel Chillicothe, 111. Norman, Alfred J Logan, Iowa- 



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Organ, William 

Parsons. John Chiilicothe, 111. 

Powers, Willard 

Pettit, William H 

Philhower. Xicholas 

Eeeder, Thomas Oneida, Kan. 

Reagan, James W Pawnee, Neb. 

Reagan, Tilman S Stella, Neb. 

Schieigh, Jacob Bennett, Kan. 

Sumner, Thomas 

Stewart. James W 

Sides, Samuel F 



Shurts, David Henry, 111. 

Shurts, Abram Henry, 111. 

Schanck, Andrew '. 

Schuyler, Peter 

Shackelford, Merritt J. . .York, Neb. 

Terry, John M 

Thompson. Geo. T Sparland, 111. 

Woodward, Louis Little Sianc, 

Iowa. 

Wilson, Eli Panora, Iowa. 

Waldron jr., John 



COMPANY F. 



Capt. J. L. Burkhalter, 

Galesburg, 111. 
1st Lieut. John Hall. . .Maquon, 111. 
2nd Lieut. Amos P. Loveland, 

Neal, Kan. 

SERGEANTS. 

Timothy D. W^est 

Nelson D. Combs. . .Tecumseh, Neb. 
James T. Dudley, 

San Francisco, Cal. 
Benjamin F. Scott. Ottumwa, Iowa. 

\\'illiam M. Gardner Gilson, 111. 

James McNaughton . . .Maquon, 111. 
John W. Mire Red Cloud, Neb. 

CORPORALS. 

JSameul B. Onderkirk, 

Quickville, Kan. 

Asbury Clark Xickerson, Kan. 

Christopher C. Davis, 

David City, Neb. 

Milton. A Griffith Seandia, Kan. 

James D. Housh Maquon, 111. 

Fernando C. Humphrey 

John F. Pattee . .Storm Lake, Iowa. 
Carey R. Walter. . .David City, Neb. 

]\Ianuel Mo wery Maquon 111. 

William Liewallen, 

Woodburn, Iowa. 

PRIVATES. 

Arie, Samuel C 

Atwood, Cournel B . . Wichita, Kan. 

Barbero, John 

Coon, Wm. S Logan, Kan. 

Coon, David 

Combs, Wilson H., 

Nemeha City, Neb. 

Coon, Isaac Desota, Neb. 

Caulkins, William Gilson, 111. 

Clark, Newton G Cameron, 111. 

Conner, James H ]Maquon, 111. 

Dunn, iDavid M 



Davis, Franklin.. Garden City, Kan. 
Darnell, Sumner. . .David City, Neb. 

Darnell, Joel Garrison, Neb. 

Fremold, Matthew, Tecumseh, Neb. 

Finch, Bruce (xarrison, Neb. 

Finch, Richard Turkville, Kan. 

Foreman, Earnest, 

Soldiers' Home. Quincy. 

Grove, Wm. A Galva, 111. 

Grabill, Ira 

Gibbs, Harrison. . .Stylesville, low^a. 

Grissom, Morrison 

Gabriel, Warren Seward, Neb. 

H ughs, John Gilson, 111. 

Housh, Jacob Maquon, 111. 

Hooper, Samuel H Knoxville, 111. 

Jones, Wm. H Canton, 111. 

Jones, John G Tecumseh, Neb. 

Kern^, John H 

McFadden. Jacob R 

McKown, Charles W Gilson, 111. 

Moon, Robert A., David City, Neb. 

Moon, John R Garrison, Neb. 

McGrew\ John A. H. . Bennett, Neb. 
]McVay, John IL, Pleasanton, Iowa. 

Mick, Richard M 

Norris, George Monmouth, 111. 

Onderkirk, Martin 

Smith, Albert Maquon, 111. 

Smith, John M. W . . . Aurrora, Neb. 

Smith, John A Lenox, Iowa. 

Smith, Theodore C Maquon, 111. 

Smithson, William M., 

David City, Neb. 

Snyder, Alexander 

Stodgell, William A 

Thurman, William T 

Wells, Yarnum G 

W^est, John Knoxville, 111. 

Walter, Bowarter, David City, Neb. 

W^ilson, John F 

Way, Andrew J Tecumseh, Neb. 

Waddle, Josiah 



32 EIGHTX-SIXTH EEGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEEES. 

COMPANY G. 

Capt. Solomon L. Zinser, Merchant, (Jeorge 

jNIinonk, 111. Merrick. Isaac 

1st Lieut. Martin Kingman, McCoy, David 

Peoria, 111. Magenheimer, Christian 

2nd Lieut. Luther S. North Oberdurf, Jacob 

sFKOFANT^ Parker, William J. 

SERGEANTS. Stromsburg, Neb. 

Frederick b. Shearer btreator, 111. Parker .James H 

Hiram H. Kellogg Petty, Simeon ....'.. .Fremont, Ohio. 

Alexander Graham, Washington, 111. Ruble, John Gridley, 111. 

Milton II. Cloud Paxton, 111. Robinson, Nathaniel .... Lima, Ohio. 

CORPORALS Ruble, Jonah Washington, 111. 

Charles (;. Parker .' .' sllnmf PMrn?"'' ' ■*^'"'''''"8'°"' "'■ 

John II. Shaffer Deer Creek, 111. S^S? ttp ?v 'p ^ 

Ilenrv F. Heiple . . . Washington. 111. g^9"' johQ-p 

Simon Hawkins.... Sandusky, Ohio. Tobias, Israel'.V. ■.".■.■. ".Sai^eant; Neb. 

James Eobeits Trowbridge, James 

PRIVATES. Washington, 111. 

Breen. Edward Upsh aw Thomas J 

Brown, Levi W alkel^ John 

Bracken, D. G Bloomington, 111. Wood, Ebenezer :,;•■••••;• v;; 

Botham, Geo. W . . . . Washington, 111. Westerfield, Jacob . . . . .Stanford, 111. 

Crosby Ii'a uhistler. Benjamin. .Mackinaw^ 111. 

Corbin,' Madison '.'.'.'.'.'. '. '. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. Wilson, John O 

Criswell. William r.Trr.T^TTTTc 

Culp. Frank 

CuUom, David AY J5Lirns, Edward C 

Davis, Dennis Cain, David L 

Eggman, Joshua Eggnian, Augustus 

Farrow, William Eggman. John J 

Ferner, Geo. AV AVashington, 111. Feeley, William S 

Frock, Richard Graves, Samuel A 

Ilindbaugh, John W Hindbaugh, Philip 

Holland. Isaac W AVatseka, 111. Holler, Sam'l B Sparland, 111. 

Kindle. Enoch Riddle, Wm. TI 

Keys, J olin T Shurts, J ohn AY 

Lee. Canibell Gridley, 111. Smith, Bethel 

Lane, Thomas B Deer Creek, 111. Smith, AYm. ]\1 

Lamason, John Mackinaw, 111. Sanders, Charles 

Lewds, Roljt Triplet, AVni. H 

Layten, Henry C Mackinaw, 111. AVilson, Samuel L 

Milligan, Calvin B AVhistler, Benjamin F. 

Mericle, Ralph Mackinaw, 111 

COMPANY H. 

Capt. John H. Hall Peoria, 111. AV. T. Keener Chicago, 111. 

Lieut. E. E. Peters Peoria, 111. AVm. Gosney Nebraska 

Lieut. AVilber F. Hodge Sylvester McMahon Nebraska. 

Lieut. John H. Henderson Corporals. 

SERGEANTS. A. AV. Belcher Brimfleld, 111. 

AVm. C. Stewart; Peoria, 111. McKendree JSIcNeal Henry, 111, 

J ohn Riley Alex-. R. Ilepperley, Ellsworth, Kan. 

Matthew Murdock. . Humboldt, Kan. Edward II. Kruger . . . Atlanta, Ga. 



PKI YATES. 



KOSTEES OF SUKVIVOBS OF WAR. 33 

Wm. A. :\Iagiuley Hart, J. ^V 

Jonathan Haley Hoffman, J. A Kansas. 

J. 1). Colton Kellogg, L. F Iowa. 

Andrew 1). Church. Kellogg, W. P 

Fairmouiit, Xeb. Keach. Dan'l C. . .Southampton, 111. 

Kilver, H. J Peoria. 111. 

Ley, W. L Streator, 111. 

Anthony, Jacob Pekin, 111. McFarland, J. A Peoria, 111. 

Buck, Wm Peoria, 111. McKone, John Nebraska. 

Buck, Miller Monica, 111. Moore, (r. M French Grove, 111. 

Breemer, John ]Martin, fS 

Blake .Avell. Thos .... Prince ville, 111. Xewbon, AV. W 

Beasmore, P. (j Missouri. Oburgh, F. V 

Blundell, Wm Peoria, 111. Powell, AV Peoria Co. 

Brings, AVm Medina. 111. Place, E. O 

Cole, O. AV Strorasburg, Keb. Place, J.X Peoria, 111. 

Cain, D. L „ Rook, ( "has Brimtield, 111. 

Chancey, AVm. AV Stone, Eli 

Charles, C. H Smock, AVm 

Daily, H .Schleigh. J.J Peoria. 111. 

Edwards. E Slocum, Geo 

Ewing. J. W. H Peoria, 111. Scott, Jas Gilman, 111. 

Flick, Erwin I'eru, 111. Settle. Edward 

Fullerton, J Thurston, Geo 

Flagler. J. AV Van Patten, E AVyoming. 111. 

Fosket, L. AA" AVayne, Isaac L 

Fox, C. A Iowa. AVayne, S 

Farnsworth, Geo Wallace, ('has 

Hogue, H. G AVilkins, John J 

COMPANY I. 

Capt. Abner A. Lee . . . Springtield, Erfoid, Benjamin Glasford, 111. 

Kansas. Friess, Bernard Glasford, HI. 

1st Lieut. Eichard AV. Groniger, Green, Absalom Henry, 111. 

Trivoli, 111. Green, Josiah Peoria, 111. 

2d Lieut. Jacob L. Fahnestock, Gibson, William H 

Peoria, 111. Hobble, Beniamin Glasford, 111. 

2d Lieut. John Ernest. . .Peoria, 111. Henry, Jacob AV Diller, Xeb. 

1st Sergt. Albert L. Bolinger Hartman, John AA^ Kansas 

CORPOKALS. Hutchinson, Daniel S., 

Thomas J. Love Peoria, HI. „. ^ ^ ,,, ^ .xr^^^^i^^^^^^^' ^^^• 

David Shreffler Peoria. 111. Hmkle. AA . A . . . . AVaxahatcha, Tex. 

AVilliam R. Sharp .... Ft. Scott. Kan. Jones, I rancis M Ilolhs. 111. 

John Herstine Peoria, 111. Johnson, ^\ illiam H 

AA^m P Parker ... . Krisher. Lewis Smithville. 111. 

Musician James'lVsiireffler." Kelly, Stephen P 

Glasford. 111. Laycock, Alfred 

Wagoner John C. McQuown, , , ^ Kmgston Mnies, 111. 

Glasford 111. Lmdenberg, Ernest F. C 

McBlair. Isaac Geneva, Xeb. 

PRIVATES. Morphew. Enos Virginia, Xeb. 

Adams. John Peoria, 111. McCormick, Lewis X . . Glasford, 111. 

Bolinger. AVilliam D Pratts, Abram 

Browii. Ezekiel A.. .Tecumseh, Xeb. Petty, Jacob Glasford, 111. 

Botts, Thomas AV Peoria, 111. Reed, Jacob C Trivoli, 111. 

Brown, John Oregon. Sprague, Stewart M . . . Glasford, 111. 

Clark, AVilliam J^ Vista, Xeb. Shuraan, Francis L 

Clark, John Xew Home. Sleister, Henry Peoria, 111. 



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EIGHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 



Shepherd, Daniel Glasford, 111. 

Strube, Ernst Iowa 

Spraj^ue, LycurgusS. . .Glasford, 111. 
Simpson, William F., 

« London Mills. 111. 

Sill, William P. J Emporia, Kan. 

Sill, Geo. D 

Sill, Isaac M 

Smith David San Francisco, Cal. 

Tichnor, Allen 

Tichnor, Albert J 

Thorp, William W 

Tindall, John W Cramer. III. 

Tindall, Allen C Glasford, 111. 



Thomas, David 

Wolg'amott, .] acob 

Wells, RushX 

Weaver, James Peoria, 111. 

Yerrison, David 

RECRUITS. 

Gi'een. Abner S Kingston Mmes. 

Glassford, John (Jlasford. 

Glassford, George Glasford. 

Johnston, Cyrus Glasford. 

Kelly, Nelson Glasford. 

Petty, Ezekiel Canton, 111. 

Petty, John R Eden. 111. 



COMPAXY K. 



Capt. Levi A. Ross 

Lieut. John Morrow Chenoa, 111. 

Lieut. James B. Peet, 

Prairie City, Hi. 
Lieut. Jolm McGinnis . . .Peoria, 111. 

SERGEANTS. 

John Carter Louisville, Mo. 

John Z. Slane Princeville, 111. 

John J. Anderson, 

Independence, Kan. 

William IT. Auten ]\Iabel, Mo. 

Elijah Coburn Princeville, 111, 

CORPORALS. 

John M. Sabin Iloopstou, 111. 

Simeon W. llilea Chicago, 111. 

Patrick Pyrnes Dunlap, 111. 

William II. Jllanehard 

Jeremiah C. Ziler, Spring Ilill, Kan. 

Henry liutler Princeville, 111. 

James E. AVhite Monica, 111. 

Frederick Glatfelter. Princeville, 111. 

PRIVATES. 

Armstrong, E. M., 

Pawnee Rock, Kan. 

Auten, George Hopkins, Mo. 

Aten, C. S Tecumseh, Mich. 

Reach, Frank 

Burgess, Green Wellington. Kan. 

■Coburn, Samuel C. . .Princeville, 111. 

Cook, (ieorge 

'Cowley, John J Ft. Scott, Kan. 

Debord, Jefferson Maitland, Mo. 

Debord, Henry Nobnoster, Mo. 

Francis, Joseph 

Glatfelter, Casper Havana, Kan. 

Hare, Jefferson Nobnoster, Mo. 

Hare, Marmaduke, Greencastle, Mo. 

Hare, Henry II Elk City, Kan. 

Hamilton, Geo. W 



Keller, Emanuel Princeville. Ill- 
Keller, William H.. Highland, Kan- 
Keller, Edmond Abilene, Kan- 
Lair, Andrew J Duncan, 111. 

Miller, James F Liberty, Iowa. 

Morrow, Erastus Stark, 111. 

McGuire, Charles 

jSIace, Joseph J., Rabb Station, Ind. 

Nail, Geo. R Flager, Iowa. 

Newman, <leo. W., Humpback. Kan. 

Potts, Wm. W I^eon. Iowa. 

Parents, Joseph Princeville, 111. 

Potts, John T Soldiers' Home, 

Leavenworth. 
Pembleton, Wm . .Desnaoines, Iowa. 

Pigg, Wm. P 

Russell, James M. . .Fremont, Iowa. 

Roney, Hugh Monica. 111. 

Roney, Peter (Juitman, Mo. 

Rook. AVilliam 

Smith, John W 

Smith, David Monica, 111. 

Smith, Archibald Monica, 111. 

Sayles, Thonuis 

Springer, Noah. . West Dayton, Iowa. 

Sanger, Madison E Kansas City. 

Scott, Andrew J Duncan, 111. 

Timmons, Francis Duncan, 111. 

Wisenberg, Wm. II Princeville. 

Wyley, Charles 

AVhite, John E Mindeu, Neb. 

Young, Harrison 

REOltUITS. 

Brock, Charles A 

(rlatfelter, Albert (Juitman, Mo. 

Hughes, William Sterling, Kan. 

Plarris, Joseph D 

Lynch, James A (joodland, Ind. 

Nail, William 



DEATH ROLL. 



Adjt. Charles Irons 

Darwin E. M'ard 

Quartermaster Charles II. Deane D^ed at Chicago, 111. 

Surg. John M. (Gregory 

Israel J. ( kith Died at Peoria. 

Chaplain Joseph S. JSIillsops Died in California. 



Robert Chettuch . . 
Edwin M. Herrick 



COMPAXY A. 



COMPAXY B. 



Capt. Elias C. Breasley 

Lieut. Peter Wykoff Henry, 111. 

Hamilton P. Wandling 

"William ^Merrill 

Jackson Dixon 

Perry Green 

James B. Matthews 

Benjamin F. Smith 

COMPAXY C. 

Capt. AVilliam G. INIcDonald . . : at Chillicothe, 111. 

Lieut. John H. Batclielder at Peoria, IlL 

Atkins, James H at Dillon, 111. 

Carver, Horace D Marshall County, 111. 

Df^iovan. Michael Lawrence, Kansas. 

Easton, William D at Southampton, III. 

Selders, John B at Chillicothe, 111. 

Thomas, John at Little Piock, Ark. 

James Robinson Quitman, Mo. 

COMPANY D. 

Sergeant Robert M. Jones 

Corporal Isaac II. JSIoore 

James W. Bohanan , 

J ohn W. Helleplane 

Henry Frank 

Wm. F. Fry 

Henry Hartman 

Jacob B. Thatcher 

Robert Tajjgart 

Leroy S. McCoy 

John B. Preston 

Jacob B. Shotcher 

William M. Young 



36 EIGHTY- SIXTH EEGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 

COMPANY E. 

Lieut. Malchia Grove Laprairie, 111. 

Lieut. Sol Williams Junction City. Kan. 

George Jv^ar Sparian, 111. 

William Stewert Princeville. 111. 

William Dawson Lawn Ridge, 111. 

W^illard Powers Anna, 111. 

Samuel F. Sides Bowling Green, Ky. 



COMPANY F. 



Augustus Dickson . 
Adrian Humphries. 

Adam Iloush 

Alfred Header 

Franklin McVay. . . 
Thomas Housh 



COMPANY^ G. 

Oliver P. Eaton 

John Graves 

Robert 11. Shepherd Drowned. 

Shepherd M. Gaudy 

Sebastian Minch 

COMPANY H. 

John T. Geerling Peoria. 111. 

Robert Foster 

William Bennett 

Sebalt Heckan 

Jacob Jayne 

John Jenkinson 

Richard Mason 

A. W. Peters 

F. S. Eaton Cincinnati. 

E. W. Fuller Brimfield. 

COMPANY I. 

Chambers, Robert S 

Hand, Harvey — 

Lamasters, Isaac L 

Wolgamott, Jonathan murdered by E. Noble & Son. 

Cromwell. John 

Saylor, William C 

Wolf, Jonathan B 

Josiah Green « Peoria. 

COMPANY^ K. 

Lieut. H. Irwin Princeville, 111. 

Corporal Bohrer, Samuel Oak Hill, 111. 

Private Beckner, Andrew J Delavan, 111. 

„ DeborJ, John .Missouri. 

„ Dukes, John Missou ri. 

„ Seitts, Benjamin MichigMU. 

„ Russell, James A Princeville, 111. 

Sergeant Snyder, Peter Kewanee, 111. 

Private White, William R Hoopston, 111. 



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